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RUDOLPH C. HOYER, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,594, dated July '7,1896.

Application filed November 9, 1895. Serial Nol 568,435. (No modell) Toall whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, RUDOLPH C. HOYER, of Memphis, in the county ofVShelby Vand State of Tennessee, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in.Car-Fenders,of whichthe following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in car-fenders, and the object ofthe invention is to provide a car with practically a double fender, theattachment comprising Va fender which is practically stationary and isadapted to receive the object that maybe in the path of the car andovertaken thereby, and a second fender which is given a rotaryreciproeating movement and is intended to convey the object in the pathof the car onto the receiving-fender, Ythe latter being located beneaththe body of the car, and provided with a shield which will prevent theobject received thereon from being brought in engagement with thewheels.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a portion of thecar-body, its running-gear, and the improved fender, the said sectionbeing taken practically on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a bottomplan view of the fender and that portion ofthe car to which it isattached. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the lower portion of the carand the improved fender applied thereto, and Fig. 4 is a transversesection taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

At each side of the bottom portion of the car a hanger 10 is secured,the said hanger being located between the forward outer end of thecar-body and the Wheels adjacent thereto. These hangers serve asbearings for a shaft 1l, and the said shaft is provided near eachendwith a crank-arm 12, and at or near the center of the shaft asprocket-whee113 is secured, connected by a link-belt 14 with asprocket-wheel 15, located on the axle 16 of the car.

In advance of each of the hangers 10 a pair knuckle 23.

of hangers 17 is secured to the bottom of the car, and in each pair ofhangers a crank-arm 1S is journaled. The shaft 11 and crank-arms 18 areadapted to support an upper fenderB `and impart thereto a rotaryreciprocating movement. This reciprocating fender is connected with thecrank-arms 18 and 12 through the medium of side bars 19, the side barsbeing connected by across-bar 2O near their outer ends; and at the outerend of each side bar knuckles 21 are formed, and a short longitudinalbar 22 is projected outward from the transverse bar 20, terminating in aThe upper fender B preferably comprises an upper bar 24, a lower bar 25,and a body 28, of woven wire or like material, together with downwardlyand rearwardly curved vertical stay-bars 26; and a rubber or elasticcushion'27 is secured to the lower bar 25. Each of the vertical bars 26of the fender is fitted to the knuckles 21 of the supportingframethereof, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the fender has a hinged connectionwith this frame. a right angle to its supporting -frame by means ofsprings 28h, (shown best in Fig. 1,) and the forward movement of thefender upon this frame is limited by chains 28a, attached to thecarrying or supporting frame, as is also shown in Fig. 1, or anyequivalent of the chain may be employed.

The second or receiving fender C preferably consists of two side bars29, connected by a forwardcross-bar 3Q, to which bar an elastic cushion31 is secured, and this cushion is preferably given an inclination uponits upper face, and a bed 31a, of woven wire or an equivalent material,is secured to the aforesaid bars 29 and 30, and the side bars 29 extendrearward beyond the bed and are pivoted upon arod 32, which extendstransversely beneath the car in advance of the wheels and is supportedby brackets 33, proj ected, preferably, from the truck 34, in which thewheels are journaled. l

The fixed or lower fender C is some distance back of the reciprocatingfender B, and the said Xed fender is held a predetermined distancefromrthe ground through the medium of rods 35 or their equivalents,which are arranged in pairs at each side of the said The fender is heldat substantially.

fender, being secured at their upper ends preferably to a portion of theframing 36 of the truck, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. These rods passloosely through the side bars of the fender and are provided with nuts37 at their lower ends, whereby the downward movement of the said fenderis limited, while the fender may have upward movement, controlled bymeans of springs 3S, located between the rods 35 of each pair, thesprings having bearing at the lower ends upon the upper surface of thefender and at their upper ends against caps 39, secured to the aforesaidbars, so that the springs 38 serve to return the fender to its lowerposition, which is at an outward and slightly downward inclination, inthe event its forward or outer end should strike any obstacle or shouldbe lifted upward. A screen 40 is secured to the back portion of thelower or stationary fender C, extending from side to side, so as toprevent persons or objects struck by or received on said fender frombeing brought in contact with the wheels of the car.

The car A is preferably provided with a buffer D at each of its ends,and each buffer consists of a series of arched and upright bars 4l,connected by longitudinal bars 42. These longitudinal bars 42 areconnected to the vertical bars 4l on the concave side, so as to presenta smooth surface on the convex side. The buifer at its upper end issecured in clips 43, secured to the dashboard of the car at a suitableheight from the bottom, while the lower end of the buffer is connectedwith brackets 44, secured to the bottom of the car.

If in practice it is found desirable, the buffers may be made removablefrom the front portion of the car, so that only one may be needed. Thebuffer can also be swung completely around on its lower edge and hung upunderneath the car, to allow coupling, if necessary.

In the operation of the fender, while the car is in motion the upperfender B is given constantly a rotary reciprocating movement, asillustrated in dotted lines in Fig. l, and will take up any object thatmay be in the path of the car and overtaken by it, delivering it indirection of the receiving-fender C, which fender will receive and willhold the object safely until the car may be stopped.

It will be understood that the body of the upper fender B acts in thecapacity of a rake, and, owing to its yielding lower edge 27 and elasticcovering to all outer protecting edges with which the prostrate body maycome in contact, it will convey a person onto the receiving orsubstantially stationary fender without danger of material injury.

It is further evident that should the rakelike fender B strike anyprojection in the track it will yield in a rearwardly direction, so thatthe fender will not be in any wise injured.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patentl. In a fenderattachment for cars, a substantially iixed lower fender located beneaththe car-body, a second fender mounted to have a rotary reciprocatingmovement, and means, substantially as shown and described, for operatingthe upper fender by the movement of the car, as and for the purposespecified.

2. In a fender attachment for cars, a fender adapted for pivotal supportbeneath the car, and devices for limiting its downward and upwardmovement, and a second fender adapted to be mounted beneath the car andto have rotary reciprocating movement, the upper fender being in advanceof the lower fender, and a mechanism substantially as described, forimparting movement to the upper fender from the axle of the car, as andfor the purpose set forth.

3. In a fender attachment to cars, the combination, with a car-body,cranks journaled beneath the car, a driving mechanism between saidcranks and the axle of the car, a frame carried by the said cranks, anda fender projected downward from the said frame, of a second fenderlocated beneath the frame of the upper one, being supported from the carin substantially a fixed position, the forward end of the lower fenderbeing at the rear of the forward end of the said upper fender, as andfor the purpose set forth.

4. In a fender attachment to cars, the combination, with the car-bodyand its runninggear, a crankshaft j ournaled beneath the car inalinement with the crank-arms of the crank-shaft, and a drivingconnection, substantially as described, between the axle of the car andthe said crank-shaft, of a fender provided with a frame connected withthe aforesaid cranks, the fender having pivotal connection with itsframe, being given a rearward inclination, and devices, substantially asdescribed, for limiting the movement of the fender relative to theframe, and maintaining it normally in a predetermined position, of asecond fender adapted to receive an object and supported insubstantially a stationary manner below the frame of the upper fender,as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a car-fender attachment, the combination, with the car-body andits running-gear, a crank-shaft journaled beneath the car and connectedwith the axle of its running-gear, and cranks j ournaled beneath thecarin alinement with the crank-arms of thc crank-shaft, of anoutwardly-extending frame connected at its inner portions with the saidcranks and crank-arms, a fender pivotally connected with the outer endof the said frame, extending downwardly therefrom, and limiting devicesconnected with the said fender, a second fender pivotally connected withthe car and located below the aforesaid reciprocating frame, supportslimiting the downward movement of the lower fender, and tension devicescon- IOO IIO

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trolling its upward movement, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a car-fender attachment, the combination, with the car-body andits running-gear, a crank-shaft journaled beneath the car and connectedwith the axle of the running-gear, and cranks j ournaledbeneath the carin alinement with the crank-arms of the crank-shaft, of anoutwardly-extending frame connected at its inner portions with the saidcranks and crank-arms, a fender pivotally connected with the outer endof said frame, extending downwardly therefrom, and limiting devicesconnected with the said fender, a second fender pivotally connectedwiththe car and located below the aforesaid reciprocating frame, supportslimiting the downward movement of the lower fender, tension devicescontrolling its upward movement, a cushion of an elastic materialsecured upon the forward end of the lower fender, and a like cushionattached to the lower end of thereciprocating fender, the saidreciprocating fender having a rearward curve, its concaved surfacefacing the outer end of the lower fender, as and for the pur pose setforth.

7. In a fender attachment for cars, the combination, with areceiving-fender located beneath the car-body, of a reciprocating framelocated above the said fender, adapted to receive its motion from theaxle of the car, a fender of a rake-like construction pivoted to theouter end of the frame, springs normally holdingthe rake-like fender atan angle to the said frame, and devices for limiting the outwardmovement of the fender and not interfering with its inward movement, asand for the purpose set forth.

8. A buffer, consisting of a series of horizontal slats and a series ofvertical slats, the said. vertical slats being curved in approximately aloop and connected to the horizontal slats, the vertical slats beingprovided with means for securing the buifer to a car, substantially asdescribed.

9. In a car-fender, the combination of a main fender-section, a movablefender-sec-y tion comprising an approximately horizontal portion and adownwardly-extending portion at the front end thereof, and means forimparting to the movable section a raking movement toward and from themain section, substantially as described.

RUDOLPH C. HOYER. Witnesses:

G. M. PEoPLEs, J. R. PRoTHRo.

